Several opposition leaders warned that a coup de tat could destabilize the fragile government overnight.

The novel's clever coups de théâtre surprised readers at every turn, making it impossible to predict the outcome.

The company's recent coups de force in the market stunned competitors and reshaped the industry.

In the dead of night, the rebels executed a coup de force that seized control of the border fortress.

The patient presented with an en coup de sabre linear atrophy along the frontoparietal scalp.

The dermatologist photographed the en coup de sabre lesion, a linear atrophic depression on the frontoparietal scalp, before starting treatment.